FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 08-023 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Ordinance OS-02:t Citv Council: 1126110 (F) Warning and Disclaimer of Liability: This Ordinance does not imply that areas outside the flood plain districts or land uses permitted within such districts will be free from flooding or flood damages. This Ordinance shall not create liability on the part of the City of Lake Elmo or any officer or employee thereof for any flood damages that result from reliance on this Ordinance or any administrative decision lawfully made thereunder. (G) Severability: If any section, clause, provision, or portion of this Ordinance is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. (H) Definitions: Unless specifically defined in Section 11.01 of the City Code, words or phrases used in this Ordinance shall be interpreted so as to give them the same meaning as they have in common usage and so as to give this Ordinance its most reasonable application. (1) Annexations: The Flood Insurance Rate Map panels adopted by reference into Section 152.02 (B) above may include floodplain areas that lie outside of the corporate boundaries of the City at the time of adoption of this ordinance. If any of these floodplain land areas are annexed into the City after the date of adoption of this ordinance, the newly annexed floodplain lands shall be subject to the provisions of this ordinance immediately upon the date of annexation into the City. § 152.03 ESTABLISHNI) NT OF ZONING DISTRICTS (A) Districts: (1) Floodway District. The Floodway District shall include those areas designated as floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Map adopted in Section 152.02 (B). (2) Flood Fringe District. The Flood Fringe District shall include those areas designated as floodway fringe. The Flood Fringe District shall include those areas shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Map as adopted in Section 152.02 (B) as being within Zone AE but being located outside of the floodway. (3) General Flood Plain District. The General Flood Plain District shall include those areas designated as Zone A or Zone AE without a floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Map adopted in Section 152.02 (B). (B) Compliance: No new structure or land shall hereafter be used and no structure shall be constructed, located, extended, converted, or structurally altered without full compliance with the terms of this Ordinance and other applicable regulations which apply to uses within the jurisdiction of this Ordinance. Within the Floodway, Flood Fringe and General Flood Plain Districts, all uses not listed as permitted uses or conditional uses in Sections 152.04, 152.05 and 152.06 that follow, respectively, shall be prohibited. In addition, a caution is provided here that: (1) New manufactured homes, replacement manufactured homes and certain travel trailers and travel vehicles are subject to the general provisions of this Ordinance and specifically Section 152.09.